Danielle Stone

Danielle Stone
Danielle Stone
Born	August 20, 1990 (age 34); Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
Played for	HV71; Leksands IF; Brynäs IF; IF Sundsvall/Timrå IK; Calgary Inferno; Saskatchewan Huskies;
Coached for	Team Saskatchewan (NAHC)
Playing career	2008–present

Danielle Stone (born August 20, 1990) is a Canadian ice hockey forward. She most recently played in the 2022–23 season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with HV71.

Playing career

University

Across 120 games with the Saskatchewan Huskies of the University of Saskatchewan, Stone scored 71 points.^[1] She was a Canada West All-Rookie selection in 2008–09.

Professional

She was drafted 16th overall by the Calgary Inferno in the 2013 Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) Draft, who she would sign her first professional contract with. In her rookie CWHL season, she scored 25 points in 24 games, as the Inferno made the Clarkson Cup finals for the first time.^[2]^[3]^[4] She would only put up 9 points in 22 games in her second CWHL season, her last in the league.

In 2015, she moved to Sweden to play with IF Sundsvall/Timrå IK in the SDHL. After stepping away from hockey for the 2016–17 season, she signed with Brynäs IF.^[5] In the 2017–18 season, she scored 4 points in 12 games with Brynäs. Stone signed with Leksands IF for the 2018–19 season, where she scored 30 points in 36 games, leading the team in goals and setting personal career records in both goals and assists in a season.^[6] In May 2019, she left Leksands along with teammate Anna Borgqvist to sign with HV71.^[7]^[8]

Personal life

Stone is Métis. Growing up, she received a grant allocation through Métis Nation—Saskatchewan toward her pursuits in sport.^[9]

As a youth athlete, Stone was active in multiple sports, including basketball, ice hockey, track and field, soccer, and volleyball. She was a standout sprint and middle-distance runner during high school, earning ten provincial track medals and setting multiple records at the city or district level. Representing Team Saskatchewan at the 2008 North American Indigenous Games in Cowichan, British Columbia, she won silver medals in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, and long jump events.^[9]

Stone represented Team Saskatchewan at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) in 2009 and 2010. Team Sask won bronze in 2009, due in part to Stone's offensive production – she led all tournament players in points and was named to the All-Star team.^[10] She has served as a coach to Team Saskatchewan at the NAHC since 2011.^[11]^[9]

She is married to Finnish retired ice hockey player and former HV71 teammate Sanni Hakala.^[12]^[13]^[14]

References

^ Staffieri, Mark (May 17, 2013). "Danielle Stone Becomes the First CIS Player to Register for 2013 CWHL Draft". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^ Burse, Mike (June 17, 2014). "Power Ranking the Top Five CWHL Players". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^ "Clarkson Cup: Montreal hangs on to edge Calgary". CBC Sports. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ Hawkins, Jaclyn (July 22, 2014). "Dazzling Danielle Stone Shatters Scoring Records for Calgary Inferno". Women’s Hockey Life. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020.
^ Karlsson, Måns (January 7, 2018). "Kanadensiska återvänder till SDHL – gjorde succé senast". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^ Murphy, Mike (September 23, 2020). "Dam Good: Veteran Danielle Stone has 5-point outburst for HV71". The Ice Garden. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
^ Persson, Max (May 3, 2019). "HV71 prestigevärvar inför nya säsongen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^ Olausson, Robin (June 2, 2020). "Vändningen: Lämnade HV – nu förlänger stjärnan". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Betker, Nicole (June 14, 2021). "From Prince Albert to Sweden: Danny Stone's journey to professional hockey". Sask Sport. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
^ Pelletier, Blue (June 2009). "Bronze medal for Sask girls" (PDF). Eagle Feather News. p. 24. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
^ "Proud Prince Albertan hopes to stay in hockey after playing days at of U of S end" (PDF). Eagle Feather News. November 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
^ Hakala, Sanni [@sanniihakala] (November 15, 2021). "My cheerleaders! 🥰". Turku, Finland. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Instagram.
^ Hakala, Sanni [@sanniihakala] (September 10, 2023). "Hakalat 2023 🤍". Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Instagram.
^ Stone, Danielle [@dannystone17] (September 13, 2023). "3 years sober. Fun story. 1.5 years ago Sanni had just won an Olympic medal and I asked her why she wasn't going to have some drinks with her teammates to celebrate..." Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Instagram.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

[1] Staffieri, Mark (May 17, 2013). "Danielle Stone Becomes the First CIS Player to Register for 2013 CWHL Draft". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[2] Burse, Mike (June 17, 2014). "Power Ranking the Top Five CWHL Players". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[3] "Clarkson Cup: Montreal hangs on to edge Calgary". CBC Sports. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

[4] Hawkins, Jaclyn (July 22, 2014). "Dazzling Danielle Stone Shatters Scoring Records for Calgary Inferno". Women’s Hockey Life. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020.

[5] Karlsson, Måns (January 7, 2018). "Kanadensiska återvänder till SDHL – gjorde succé senast". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[6] Murphy, Mike (September 23, 2020). "Dam Good: Veteran Danielle Stone has 5-point outburst for HV71". The Ice Garden. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

[7] Persson, Max (May 3, 2019). "HV71 prestigevärvar inför nya säsongen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[8] Olausson, Robin (June 2, 2020). "Vändningen: Lämnade HV – nu förlänger stjärnan". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[betker20210614-9] Betker, Nicole (June 14, 2021). "From Prince Albert to Sweden: Danny Stone's journey to professional hockey". Sask Sport. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[10] Pelletier, Blue (June 2009). "Bronze medal for Sask girls" (PDF). Eagle Feather News. p. 24. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[efn201111-11] "Proud Prince Albertan hopes to stay in hockey after playing days at of U of S end" (PDF). Eagle Feather News. November 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[12] Hakala, Sanni [@sanniihakala] (November 15, 2021). "My cheerleaders! 🥰". Turku, Finland. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Instagram.

[13] Hakala, Sanni [@sanniihakala] (September 10, 2023). "Hakalat 2023 🤍". Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Instagram.

[14] Stone, Danielle [@dannystone17] (September 13, 2023). "3 years sober. Fun story. 1.5 years ago Sanni had just won an Olympic medal and I asked her why she wasn't going to have some drinks with her teammates to celebrate..." Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Instagram.

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